Physical Geography Patagonia

Warm Up Questions What is the location of Patagonia? –Relative and Absolute What country is the Yucatan Peninsula in? Name an island in the Lesser Antilles. What major basin creates the Amazon River? Which country has the lowest literacy rate? Which country has the highest GDP? Which country has the best infant mortality rate? Which country has the longest life expectancy?

Machu Picchu

Landforms Andes Mountains: South America –Home of the Incas Sierra Madre Mts: Mexico & Central Llanos- Colombia & Venezuela; grassy, treeless plains, herding animals, farms Cerrado- Brazil; savannas, flat, farms Pampas- Argentina & Uruguay; grasslands, rich soil

Landforms Orinoco River- Venezuela Amazon River- 4,000 miles Parana River- Brazil; 3,000 miles Greater Antilles- Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico Lesser Antilles- smaller islands

Climate & Vegetation Varied Climate- page 207

Human-Environment Interaction Slash and Burn Terraced Farming Urbanization –Push-Pull factors Tourism

Panama Canal

What country is home to the Sierra Madre? 1.Venezuela 2.Ecuador 3.Mexico

What country is home to Patagonia? 1.Brazil 2.Peru 3.Argentina

What country contains the Amazon Basin? 1.Brazil 2.Paraguay 3.Uruguay

What L.A. country holds a famous canal? 1.Cuba 2.Brazil 3.Panama

What Mountain Range is located along the west coast of S.A.? 1.Sierra Madre 2.Brazilian Highlands 3.Andes Mountains